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Q: How is Ebola spread?
A: The disease is spread person-to-person through direct contact with body fluids like blood, urine, sweat, semen, breast milk and feces. Ebola usually incubates for about 10 days before showing symptoms. However, people who have been exposed to the disease may show symptoms in as little as two days, or up to 21 days after exposure.
Humans were first introduced to Ebola through contact with infected animals like primates, fruit bats and forest antelope, according to the CDC.
Q: Since Ebola can be transmitted via blood, can mosquitos or fleas spread the viral infection?
A: No. Ebola is only spread through direct contact with infected bodily fluids. There is no evidence supporting mosquito-borne Ebola, Rattay said.
"Certainly in Africa there are mosquito-borne diseases and they have not seen Ebola transmitted," Rattay said.
Q: What are the chances of a widespread outbreak in the United States?
A: Extremely low.
"The reason that it is transmitted so rapidly and easily in West Africa is because [there isn't] adequate personal protective equipment," Fishman said. "The disease itself the transmission's fairly easy to prevent if you use personal protective equipment."
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